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False Absence of the Anterior Communicating Artery and a Median Artery of Corpus Callosum.
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 2023 June 2
The anterior communicating artery (AComA) normally joins the anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs) when they change their directions from horizontal to vertical. Each postcommunicating segment of the ACAs commonly sends off the callosomarginal artery (CMA) and continues as the pericallosal artery. While documenting the archived computed tomography angiogram of a 61-year-old male patient, a rare anatomic variant was found to be associated with a previously unreported one. Both ACAs had symmetrical horizontal and vertical segments, but the AComA was absent from the usual location. The right ACA continued as CMA without sending off a pericallosal artery. A median artery of corpus callosum (MACC) left from the horizontal segment of the left ACA. Then the left ACA continued as CMA. At 1.9 cm from its origin, the MACC was united to the right CMA by a high, interhemispheric AComA. Therefore, an AComA should be regarded as absent only after documenting the bilateral anastomoses within the interhemispheric fissure. A third interhemispheric main artery, such as a rarely occurring MACC, could be accurately documented by computed tomography angiogram to avoid unpleasant intraoperative hemorrhage or to establish a personalized endovascular route to the anterior cerebral system.
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